Month: January 2013

he’s copying everything we say, so i figured i could take advantage and get him to copy what we sing, too. because ‘singing is just like talking except longer and louder, and you move your voice up and down.‘ it’s a work in progress. 🙂 “do-re-mi” “close to you”

i’ve had the privilege of spending time recently with several friends’ newborn babies. they’re so sweet and still and precious and wonderful. and occasionally being around babies stirs my sub-cockle parts and makes me want to brew up another of my own. but mostly, i’m just selfishly enjoying the phase henry is in where he …

well, in the four days we were gone, henry started talking. like, to make a point, not just to try out his voice. regarding the benadryl i gave him tonight to tame down the red rashy beast that arose around his mouth after he ate something like 16 tomatoes and 34 oranges- he says, “i …

robb and i have been traveling in southern california. it’s been fun and busy, but also very relaxing. it’s great to have time just the two of us. BUT WE MISS OUR MONKEY! my mom has been a total rock star and has stayed with him the whole time. they’ve had a ball and it …

not really. 🙂 but the tide has turned. and now instead of him crying and carrying on when we drop him off, the other morning when robb was walking out in the morning, henry looks up from where he was already playing with his friend and says “bye, bye daddy!” and THEN when i was picking …

henry has a great vocabulary. he says many words that are (mostly) understandable and can be grasped (sort of) by most people. he repeats us and is thirsty for new words to try to roll around in his little mouth and spit back out at us. i’ve been trying to get him to say “i …

i have to admit that when i found out henry was a boy, which was, incidentally, when his tail end made its way out of my parts and into the world and robb said “IT’S A BOY” and he then went from an “it” to a “he” and, soon, to a “henry”- i was a …

Sarah Zimmerman

Sarah is a writer and a Physician Assistant, mom of two, wife of one, and co-owner of a vegan ice cream business. She aims to keep laughing, finding the funny in the hard stuff of life.
She is the third place winner of the 2018 Mark Twain House Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Contest: https://marktwainhouse.org/royal-nonesuch